21st Century Standpoints
Series Editors: Les Back, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK and Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Series
We are proud to have over 80 series in our publishing programme. These come from a wide variety of subjects, as well as ranging from well-established series to brand new ones we are actively commissioning for.
No matter their subject or stage, all our series are incredibly important. They allow us to work with esteemed scholars from all over the world to curate cutting-edge collections of work which work together to achieve a common goal.
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Browse our series by subject area:
General non-fiction
Short Guides
The Short Guides are an exciting series from Policy Press that provide high quality, concise introductions to key subjects in the social sciences.
Forthcoming: What's It For?
Series Editor: George Miller, the first editor who originated the Very Short Introductions series at Oxford University Press and former Editorial Director of Granta Books
Ageing and Gerontology
Ageing and the Lifecourse
Series Editor: Judith Phillips, University of Stirling, UK.
Ageing in a Global Context
Series Editors: Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester, UK, Toni Calasanti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA and Thomas Scharf, Newcastle University, UK.
The New Dynamics of Ageing
This series showcases state-of-the-art research from the New Dynamics of Ageing programme, the first multi-disciplinary and the largest programme of ageing research in Europe.
Forthcoming: Rethinking Work, Ageing and Retirement
Series Editors: David Lain, Newcastle University and Sarah Vickerstaff, University of Kent
Sex and Intimacy in Later Life
Series Editors: Paul Simpson, Independent Academic, Paul Reynolds, International Network for Sexual Ethics and Politics and The Open University and Trish Hafford-Letchfield, University of Strathclyde
Business, Management and Economics
Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
Series Editors: Lara Monticelli, Copenhagen Business School, and Torsten Geelan, University of Copenhagen
Forthcoming: Business, Finance and International Development
Series Editors: Catherine Dolan, SOAS, University of London, UK, Paul Gilbert, University of Sussex, UK, Lena Lavinas, The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emma Mawdsley, University of Cambridge, UK, Dinah Rajak, University of Sussex, UK, Farwa Sial, Eurodad and University of Manchester, UK, Jessica Sklair, University of Cambridge, UK
Forthcoming: Feminist Perspectives on Work and Organization
Series Editors: Emma Bell, The Open University and Sheena Vachhani, University of Bristol
Forthcoming: Global Perspectives on Philanthropy and Public Good
Series Editors: Tobias Jung, Shona Russell and Alina Baluch, Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good, University of St Andrews
Forthcoming: Organizations and Activism
Series Editors: Daniel King, Nottingham Trent University and Martin Parker, University of Bristol
Forthcoming: Observing Organizations
Series Editors: Mike Rowe, University of Liverpool and Matthew Brannan, University of Newcastle
Forthcoming: Rethinking Work, Ageing and Retirement
Series Editors: David Lain, Newcastle University and Sarah Vickerstaff, University of Kent
Understanding Work and Employment Relations
Series Editors: Andy Hodder, University of Birmingham, and Stephen Mustchin, University of Manchester
Children, Young People and Families
Open University Childhood
Published in association with the Open University, this series provides an introduction to childhood degree programmes and related modules.
Sociology of Children and Families
Series Editors: Esther Dermott and Debbie Watson, University of Bristol, UK
The UK Millennium Cohort Study
Led by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at University College London, this series follows nearly 19,000 children born at the start of the 21st century.
Understanding and Strengthening Relationships
Published in association with the charity OnePlusOne, this series focuses on changing family structures, seeking help in relationships and the ways early family experiences influence children’s development.
Working Together for Children
Published in association with the Open University, this innovative series brings together an interdisciplinary team of authors to provide an accessible collection of ideas, debates, discussion and reflections on childhood, practice and services for children.
Community Development
Connected Communities
Series Editors: Keri Facer, University of Bristol, UK and George McKay, University of East Anglia, UK
Rethinking Community Development
Series Editors: Mae Shaw, University of Edinburgh, UK, Rosie R. Meade, University College Cork, Ireland, and Sarah Banks, University of Durham, UK.
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Companions in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Series Editors: Paul Taylor, University of Chester, UK, Karen Corteen, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, Sharon Morley, University of Chester and Jo Turner, University of Chester.
Key Themes in Policing
Series Editors: Megan O’Neill, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Chair of the British Society of Criminology Policing Network, University of Dundee, UK, Marisa Silvestri, Reader in Criminology at the University of Kent, UK and Stephen Tong, School Director of Research & Enterprise, School of Law, Criminal Justice & Policing, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK.
New Horizons in Criminology
Series Editor: Andrew Millie, Edge Hill University, UK.
Research in Rural Crime
Series Editors: Alistair Harkness, University of New England in New South Wales, Australia and Matt Bowden, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
Researching Criminal Justice
Crime and justice are issues of central political and public concern in contemporary Britain. This exciting series presents top quality research findings in the field.
Studies in Social Harm
Series Editors: Christina Pantazis, University of Bristol, UK, Simon Pemberton, University of Birmingham, UK and Steve Tombs, The Open University
Education
Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
Series Editors: Michael Crossley, Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Education, University of Bristol, UK, Leon Tikly, UNESCO Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education, University of Bristol, UK, Angeline M. Barrett, Reader in Education, University of Bristol, UK, and Julia Paulson, Reader in Education, Peace and Conflict, University of Bristol, UK
Health and Social Care
Better Partnership Working
Designed to be short and easy to use, these books offer practical support to those working in partnership and provide helpful frameworks to make sense of the complexity which partnership working entails.
Evidence for Public Health Practice
Series Editors: Stephen Peckham, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Academic Director, NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D Programme, and David J. Hunter, Durham University and Chair, UK Public Health Association
Health and Society
Series Editors: Mary Shaw and George Davey Smith, University of Bristol.
Sociology of Health Professions
Series Editors: Mike Saks, University of Suffolk, UK and Mike Dent, Staffordshire University, UK
Forthcoming: Sustainable Care
Series Editors: Sue Yeandle, CIRCLE, University of Sheffield, Jon Glasby, University of Birmingham, Jill Manthorpe, King’s College London and Kate Hamblin, CIRCLE, University of Sheffield
Transforming Care
Series Editors: Costanzo Ranci, Polytechnic University of Milan, and Tine Rostgaard, Stockholm University and Roskilde University
Human Geography
Forthcoming: Creating Smart and Sharing Cities
Series Editors: Julian Agyeman, Tufts University, US and Duncan McLaren, Lancaster University, UK
Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities
Who are cities for? As societies reel from the impacts of COVID-19 across the globe, this question has never been more pertinent.
Forthcoming: Spaces and Practices of Justice
Series Editor: Agatha Herman, Cardiff University
Forthcoming: Urban Transport Futures
Series Editor: William Riggs, University of San Francisco
International Development
Forthcoming: Business, Finance and International Development
Series Editors: Catherine Dolan, SOAS, University of London, UK, Paul Gilbert, University of Sussex, UK, Lena Lavinas, The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emma Mawdsley, University of Cambridge, UK, Dinah Rajak, University of Sussex, UK, Farwa Sial, Eurodad and University of Manchester, UK, Jessica Sklair, University of Cambridge, UK
Law
Forthcoming: Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice
Series Editors: Alan Bogg, University of Bristol, UK and Virginia Mantouvalou, University College London, UK
Forthcoming: Diverse Voices
Series Editors: Se-shauna Wheatle, Durham University and Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford
Law, Society, Policy
Series Editor: Rosie Harding, University of Birmingham
Forthcoming: Perspectives on Law and Access to Justice
Series Editors: Jess Mant and Daniel Newman, Cardiff University
Forthcoming: Rule and Resistance
Series Editors: Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, University of Alabama
Planning and Housing
Urban Policy, Planning and the Built Environment
Series Editors: Pierre Filion, University of Waterloo, Canada, Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney, Australia and Nick Gallent, Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, UK
Politics and International Relations
Bristol Studies in East Asian International Relations
Series Editors: Yongjin Zhang, Professor of International Politics, University of Bristol, UK, Shogo Suzuki, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics, University of Manchester, UK and Peter Kristensen, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bristol Studies in International Theory
Series Editors: Felix Berenskötter, SOAS, University of London, UK, Neta C. Crawford, Boston University, USA and Stefano Guzzini, Uppsala University, Sweden, PUC-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics
Series Editors: Ali Bilgic, Loughborough University, UK, Synne L. Dyvik, University of Sussex, UK, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway, Thomas Gregory, The University of Auckland, New Zealand and Swati Parashar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Global Discourse
Books in the series were first published as special issues of our Global Discourse journal.
Spaces of Peace, Security and Development
Series Editors: John Heathershaw, University of Exeter, UK; Shahar Hameiri, University of Queensland, Australia; Jana Hönke, University of Bayreuth, Germany; and Sara Koopman, Kent State University, USA
Transnational Administration and Global Policy
Series Editors: Kim Moloney, College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, Michael W. Bauer, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy and Meng-Hsuan Chou, NTU Singapor
Science, Technology and Society
Forthcoming: Contemporary Issues in Science Communication
Series Editor: Clare Wilkinson, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England Bristol
Forthcoming: Dis-positions
Series Editors: Mike Michael, University of Exeter and Alex Wilkie, Goldsmiths, University of London
Social and Public Policy
CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
Published in conjunction with the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics, this series draws together fresh research and sheds important light on the impact of anti-poverty policy, focusing on the individual and social factors that promote regeneration, recovery and renewal.
Civil Society and Social Change
Series Editors: Ian Rees Jones, Cardiff University, Mike Woods, Aberystwyth University and Paul Chaney, Cardiff University
Contemporary Issues in Social Policy
Bringing together academics, professionals and activists to link cutting edge social theory and research to contentious issues in social policy, this series challenge consensus and invites debate.
Forthcoming: Global Perspectives on Philanthropy and Public Good
Series Editors: Tobias Jung, Shona Russell and Alina Baluch, Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good, University of St Andrews
International Library of Policy Analysis
Series Editors: Iris Geva-May, Professor Emerita, Simon Fraser University, Canada, Adjunct Professor, Carleton University, Canada and Visiting Professor, NYU Wagner, US and Michael Howlett, FRSC, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) and Burnaby Mountain Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Key Issues in Social Justice
Series Editors: Kalwant Bhopal, University of Birmingham, Martin Myers, University of Nottingham, Karl Kitching, University College Cork and Kenzo Sung, Rowan University
LSE Pioneers in Social Policy
Published in association with LSE and commissioned by the Brian Abel-Smith Memorial Fund, this series charts the contributions of significant figures in the field of social policy who were based at the LSE.
New Perspectives in Policy and Politics
Series Editors: Oscar Berglund, University of Bristol, UK, Claire Dunlop, University of Exeter, UK and Chris Weible, University of Colorado, US.
Personal Lives and Social Policy
Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches, analytical tools and research evidence, these books examine the ways in which the two domains of personal lives and social policy are each shaped and given meaning by the other.
Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Offering a guide through some of today's most hotly contested policy issues this series brings together distinguished leaders in the field.
Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
Series Editors: Heejung Chung ,University of Kent, UK, Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld, Germany, and Stefan Kühner, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Social Policy Review
Social Policy Review draws together internationally renown contributors to provide students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year.
Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion
This important series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty-related research more widely available.
Third Sector Research
Series Editors: John Mohan, University of Birmingham, UK
Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
Published in association with the Social Policy Association and Social Policy Subject Benchmark compliant, this series helps students understand the causes of and responses to social issues.
Welfare Conditionality
Series Editor: Peter Dwyer, University of York
Social Research Methods
Research in Social Work
Series Editors: Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and John Gal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Social Research Association Shorts
Series Editors: Patten Smith, Ipsos MORI Research Methods Centre, and Ivana La Valle, University of East London & independent consultant.
Social Work
BASW/Policy Press titles
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Policy Press have teamed up to bring you the very best in accessible and practical high quality resources for a wide range of social work and social care professionals and students.
Better Partnership Working
Designed to be short and easy to use, these books offer practical support to those working in partnership and provide helpful frameworks to make sense of the complexity which partnership working entails.
Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
This exciting and innovative series explores a range of issues, developments and debates in social work, social care and social policy from a critical and radical perspective.
Moral Panics in Theory and Practice
This innovative collection brings together academics, researchers, policy makers and practitioners to explore a range of twenty-first century social issues and anxieties.
Research in Social Work
Series Editors: Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and John Gal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Social Work in Practice
Series Editors: Viviene Cree, University of Edinburgh, UK and Steve Myers, University of Salford, UK
Working Together for Children
Published in association with the Open University, this innovative series brings together an interdisciplinary team of authors to provide an accessible collection of ideas, debates, discussion and reflections on childhood, practice and services for children.
Sociology
21st Century Standpoints
Series Editors: Les Back, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK and Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
Series Editors: Lara Monticelli, Copenhagen Business School, and Torsten Geelan, University of Copenhagen
Forthcoming: Death and Culture
Series Editors: Ruth Penfold-Mounce, University of York, UK, Julie Rugg, University of York, UK and Jack Denham, York St John University, UK
Forthcoming: Decolonization and Social Worlds
Series Editors: Alana Lentin, Western Sydney University, Australia, Ali Meghji, University of Cambridge, UK and Syed Farid Alatas, National University of Singapore
Gender and Sociology
Series Editors: Sue Scott, Newcastle University, UK and Stevi Jackson, Centre for Women's Studies, University of York, UK
Global Migration and Social Change
Series Editors: Nando Sigona, Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham, UK and Alan Gamlen, Monash University, Australia
Interpretive Lenses in Sociology
Series Editors: Thomas DeGloma, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Julie B. Wiest, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Public Sociology
Series Editors: John Brewer, Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland and Neil McLaughlin, Department of Sociology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Sociology of Children and Families
Series Editors: Esther Dermott and Debbie Watson, University of Bristol, UK
Sociology of Diversity
Series Editor: David G. Embrick, Associate Professor in Sociology and Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut, US.
Sociology of Health Professions
Series Editors: Mike Saks, University of Suffolk, UK and Mike Dent, Staffordshire University, UK
SSSP Agendas for Social Justice
Written by highly respected teams of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), the agendas offer recommendations for action by elected officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues for social justice.